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Residents suspect LGBT-tolerant church targeted by arsonist
SOUTH BLOOMINGVILLE, Ohio — All that remains of South Bloomingville’s last historic landmark are smoldering embers and the bell that once could be heard throughout the community. Residents woke early Friday morning saddened to find that the South Bloomingville Christian Church was burned nearly to the ground.
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From bullied teen to activist, student and mom fight anti-LGBT bullying
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio teen who was brutally beaten by a fellow high school student last fall because of his sexual orientation, has teamed with his mother to become activists against anti-LGBT bullying.
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Married gay couple seeking name change encouraged to lie on application
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A legally married gay couple is awaiting a judge’s ruling on their request to legally hyphenate their last names, and said they were encouraged by a court employee to list something other than marriage as the reason for changing their names.
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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses challenge by gay marriage opponents
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to a proposed constitutional amendment that would that would repeal the state’s existing ban on same-sex marriage.
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Court: Gay student may wear ‘Jesus is not a homophobe’ t-shirt to school
CINCINNATI, Ohio — An openly gay Ohio teen who sued his high school after being threatened with suspension for wearing a t-shirt containing the message “Jesus is not a Homophobe,” will be allowed to wear the shirt to school whenever he chooses.
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School refuses comment in dismissal of transgender student-teacher
WILMINGTON, Ohio — When an area school district dismissed a Wilmington College transgender senior in January on the second day of a student-teaching placement at Hillsboro High School, the district may have broken federal law.
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Cleveland radio host who suggested ‘corrective rape’ issues on-air apology
A Cleveland, Ohio, radio personality who, on his radio broadcast last week told a parent to essentially arrange for his daughter to be raped if he suspects she’s gay, has been been disciplined by the station and issued an on-air apology Monday.
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Toledo mayor to introduce benefits bill for Domestic Partners of city workers
TOLEDO, Ohio — City employees who are partnered but not married could receive health care and other benefits under a proposed measure that would extend benefits to the domestic partners of Toledo’s employees, provided they have certified their status with Toledo’s Domestic Partner Registry.
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Cleveland DJ to parent: ‘Get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight’
GLAAD is calling on Clear Channel Communications and Cleveland radio station WMMS to suspend radio personality Dominic Dieter for telling a father to essentially arrange for his daughter to be raped if he suspects she’s gay.
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Colorado searches for civil union sponsor, early voting begins on NC marriage ban
Civil unions head to the Senate in Colorado, but nobody seems to be quite sure who’s going to sponsor the bill once it reaches the House. Early voting’s begun in North Carolina, just in time for a big TV ad buy starting this week. And the bumpy road to repealing Ohio’s marriage ban just got bumpier…